August
2007"Canada is one of the oldest federations the planet still has up
and running." - Roy MacGregor

Connecting
with Ontarians: Liberal Party's New Style

Globalom Media News Service

George Smitherman with guests

George Smitherman talking to Suresh Jaura

GeorgeSmitherman, Deputy Premier and Minister of
Health and Long - Term Care was at the screening of English comedy
film, the comedy- King of Bollywood on July 11th at Isabel Bader
Theatre in Toronto.

After
the cocktails George Smitherman welcomed the guests. He emphasized
that this was first in the series of Liberal Party connecting with
various communities in Greater Toronto Area. The film screening
for the South Asian community is to be followed by screening of
other films for different communities in the future.

In
an interview with Suresh Jaura of Globalom Media’s South Asian
Outlook on Web TV, Minister Smitherman, responding to the question
whether it was to set the tone for a new kind of campaigning for
the upcoming election, he said, “Yes”, we are campaigning to
return the Liberals back to power to complete the various
programme for serving Ontarians.

Many
of the guests present wondered why one of the better-known
Bollywood films was not chosen for the evening.

‘The
King of Bollywood’
is a satirical take on an ageing superstar in Bollywood, who,
although well past the prime of his heydays, still believes that
he carries the charisma to play hero to the young actresses in
films. In a way, the film also takes a comical look at the way
films are sometimes made in Bollywood. The movie was released in
India in September 2004.

This
is the second film of writer/director of Piyush Jha: Chalo
America
.

The
event was organised by Young Liberals of Ontario. Several
distinguished guests from the South Asian community, including
Consul-General of India in Toronto and several MPs and MPPs from
the Liberal Party and people from various walks of life were
present at this first-ever community event of its kind.

It
was interesting to see young Canadian professionals, immigrants
over the last few years, like Vijay Sappani, playing an important
role in the political process.